Thank
you to everyone who gave to PATH Intl. in 2013! Your gifts enable PATH
Intl. to certify professionals and accredit centers, ensuring that
those with special needs receive the best and safest that
equine-assisted activities and therapies has to offer. Thank you
letters are being sent and we'll have a grand total of your generosity
later this month. Thank you!

Individuals
interested in presenting at the 2014 PATH Intl. Conference October
29 - November 1 in San Diego, CA, are invited to submit a completed
abstract submission form to PATH Intl. Abstract submission will be
handled electronically only.

Abstract submission opens January 15, 2014, so watch for
the special announcement in your email.

Apply
for the PATH Intl. Riders Assistance Fund Scholarship

PATH Intl. is
proud to grant one Riders Assistance Fund Scholarship to a child
equestrian at a PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Center in 2014. The
application can be found on the website under "My Center
Benefits" (you must be logged in) or click here to download. All applications
are due by February
25, 2014. Questions? Please email Megan Ferry or call her at (303) 452-1212, ext. 107.

Thank you for your commitment to the PATH Intl. standards
and representing the best of PATH Intl. as a Premier Accredited
Center!

Call
for Research Proposals From HHRF

Horses and Humans
Research Foundation (HHRF) announces an open call for proposals of
research to investigate the therapeutic effects of equine-assisted
activities (EEA) on military veterans experiencing post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI). This is the
second call for proposals designated for veterans research, made
possible by the Caisson Platoon Equine Assisted Programs, who provided
seed funding. Deadline for submission of proposals is May 15, 2014. Click here to learn more.

Pegasus
Helmets Donated to PATH Intl.

Thank you to English
Riding Supply for donating 170 new Pegasus helmets to PATH Intl. and its
11 regions! Look for these helmets at your regional or international
conference this year!

Don't
Let Your PATH Intl. Center Membership Lapse

The deadline to renew your
center was December 31, 2013. Renew as soon as possible in order to avoid
a lapse in your center membership. If your renewal is postmarked after
January 15, 2014, you must include a $50 late fee with your renewal

Click here to renew online.
NOTE: The center's primary contact or executive director must be logged
in to their personal account in order to renew online.

In order to understand
stress in our horse, we need to look at how horses would live naturally
without human interference. They would live in a herd, eating little and
often as they grazed on pasture. We would see them using fight or flight
as a means of protection against predators.

When we change this environment in any way that restricts
their freedom or diet, we create stress. Read more

Scholarship
Opportunity for PATH Intl. Instructor Candidates

PATH Intl. will continue an innovative
partnership with the American
Paint Horse Foundation designed to help train therapeutic
riding instructors. This alliance provides scholarship assistance to
potential PATH Intl. instructors.

To apply for an American
Paint Horse Foundation PATH Intl. scholarship, email Jan
Anderson or call her at (817) 222-6414. Applications should be
postmarked by March 1, 2014. Scholarship recipients will be notified
by April 15, 2014. Click here to submit an
application.

PATH
Intl. Events Calendar

Unless otherwise
noted, contact Denise Fager at (800) 369-7433, ext. 114, with
questions. All dates are subject to change. To register for an event,
please contact the host site directly. You can locate its contact
information under Find a Center on the
PATH Intl. homepage or on the PATH Intl. events calendar.

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for members in the field of equine assisted activities. The
opinions, practices or products presented in PATH Intl. eNews do not
necessarily reflect PATH Intl. policy, imply PATH Intl. endorsement or
comply with PATH Intl. standards.